54 U.S.C. § 101120

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 101120 - Promotion of local fundraising support
(a) PROGRAM.-The National Park Foundation shall design and implement a comprehensive program to assist and promote philanthropic programs of support at the individual System unit level.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.-The program under subsection (a) shall be implemented to-
(1) assist in the creation of local nonprofit support organizations; and
(2) provide support, national consistency, and management-improving suggestions for local nonprofit support organizations.
(c) PROGRAM.-The program under subsection (a)-
(1) shall include the greatest number of System units as is practicable; and
(2) at a minimum shall include-
(A) a standard adaptable organizational design format to establish and sustain responsible management of a local nonprofit support organization for support of a System unit;
(B) standard and legally tenable bylaws and recommended money-handling procedures that can easily be adapted as applied to individual System units; and
(C) a standard training curriculum to orient and expand the operating expertise of personnel employed by local nonprofit support organizations.
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.-The National Park Foundation shall report the progress of the program under subsection (a) in the annual report of the Foundation.
(e) AFFILIATIONS.-
(1) CHARTER OR CORPORATE BYLAWS.-Nothing in this section requires-
(A) a nonprofit support organization or friends group to modify current practices or to affiliate with the National Park Foundation; or
(B) a local nonprofit support organization, established as a result of this section, to be bound through its charter or corporate bylaws to be permanently affiliated with the National Park Foundation.
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.-An affiliation with the National Park Foundation shall be established only at the discretion of the governing board of a nonprofit organization.

54 U.S.C. § 101120

Pub. L. 113-287, §3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3122.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
10112016 U.S.C. 19o. Pub. L. 90-209, §11, as added Pub. L. 105-391, title VII, §701, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3520.